I only had a chance to test on one machine, but it wan't quite right.
Eth1 was the interface with link, but the new code showed eth2 and eth3
instead. Mii-tool on another vt shows eth0 down, eth1 up and some kind
of error on 2 and 3 so perhaps this wasn't a normal situation.
Steven Shiau wrote:
> Hi Les,
> This is a good idea, and it's already added in
> http://opensource.nchc.org.tw/clonezilla-live/testing/clonezilla-live-1.0.7-9.iso
>
> Could you give it a try ?
> Thanks.
>
> Steven.
>
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Would it be possible in a future version of clonezilla live to use
>> mii-tool to show what NIC(s) have link up before the user is asked to
>> pick which one to use - or perhaps some visual indication could be
>> added to the menu choice. Different linux kernel versions tend to
>> detect the NICs in different orders so it is difficult to guess the
>> right one the first time if the machine has several. Also it would be
>> nice if you could return to that choice if you pick dhcp and fail to
>> obtain an address.
>>
>
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